# Pat Metheny discography

This is a discography of works by Pat Metheny.

## Studio albums

| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Certifications |
| Title | Album details | UK | US | US Jazz | FRA | GER | JPN | SWI | NLD | BEL (FL) | BEL (WA) | POL | Certifications |
| Bright Size Life | Released: 1976 Label: ECM Formats: CD, digital download | — | — | 28 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Watercolors | Released: 1977 Label: ECM Formats: CD, digital download | — | — | 28 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| New Chautauqua | Released: April 1979 Label: ECM Formats: CD, digital download | — | 44 | 3 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| 80/81 | Released: 1980 Label: ECM Formats: CD, digital download | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Secret Story | Released: July 1992 Label: Geffen Formats: CD, digital download | — | 110 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | US: Gold |
| Zero Tolerance for Silence | Released: 1994 Label: Geffen Formats: CD | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| One Quiet Night | Released: May 13, 2003 Label: Warner Bros. Formats: CD, digital download | 146 | 167 | 1 | 119 | 74 | 77 | — | — | — | — | 7 | |
| Orchestrion | Released: January 26, 2010 Label: Nonesuch Formats: CD, digital download | 176 | 114 | 3 | 77 | 64 | 77 | 83 | 45 | 90 | 81 | 19 | POL: Gold |
| What's It All About | Released: June 14, 2011 Label: Nonesuch Formats: CD, digital download | 164 | 125 | 1 | 153 | 53 | 48 | 80 | — | — | 81 | 11 | POL: Gold |
| From This Place | Released: February 21, 2020 Label: Nonesuch Formats: CD, digital download, vinyl | 90 | 92 | — | — | 11 | 30 | 12 | 32 | 124 | 61 | 11 | |
| Road to the Sun | Released: March 5, 2021 Label: Metheny Group, BMG Formats: CD, digital download, vinyl | — | — | — | — | 10 | — | 17 | — | 184 | — | 21 | |
| Dream Box | Released: June 13, 2023 Label: Metheny Group, BMG Formats: CD, digital download, vinyl | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| MoonDial | Released: July 26, 2024 Label: Metheny Group, BMG Formats: CD, digital download, vinyl | — | — | — | — | 54 | — | 48 | — | 177 | — | — | |
| "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory. ||||||||||||||

## Live albums

| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions |
| Title | Album details | US Jazz |
| Flower Hour | Released: 1992 Label: Beech Master Records Format: CD | — |
| The Orchestrion Project | Released: February 11, 2013 Label: Nonesuch Formats: CD, digital download | 7 |
| Hommage à Eberhard Weber | Released: September 11, 2015 Label: ECM Format: CD, digital download | — |
| The Unity Sessions | Released: May 6, 2016 Label: Nonesuch Format: CD, digital download | — |
| Side-Eye NYC (V1.IV) | Released: October 22, 2021 Label: Modern Recordings Format: CD, LP, digital download | — |
| "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory. |||

## Soundtracks

| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions |
| Title | Album details | US Cont Jazz | GER | US | NLD |
| The Falcon and the Snowman | Released: 1985 Label: EMI Formats: CD, LP, digital download | — | 44 | 54 | 46 |
| Passaggio per il paradiso | Released: 1996 Label: MCA Formats: CD | — | — | — | — |
| A Map of the World | Released: November 9, 1999 Label: Warner Bros Formats: CD, digital download | 7 | — | — | — |
| "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory. ||||||

## Compilation albums

| Title | Album details |
| Works | Released: 1984 Label: ECM Formats: CD, digital download |
| Works II | Released: 1988 Label: ECM Formats: CD, digital download |
| Selected Recordings: rarum IX | Released: February 10, 2004 Label: ECM Formats: CD |
| Essential Collection Last Train Home | Released: January 17, 2015 Label: Nonesuch Formats: CD, digital download |

## Other albums

| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions |
| Title | Album details | US Jazz | FRA | BEL (FL) | BEL (WA) |
| Tap: John Zorn's Book of Angels, Vol. 20 | Released: May 20, 2013 Label: Nonesuch Formats: CD, digital download | 2 | 177 | 141 | 144 |

## Pat Metheny Group

| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Certifications |
| Title | Album details | UK | FRA | JPN | US | GER | SWE | ITA | POL | NLD | Certifications |
| Pat Metheny Group | Released: January, 1978 Label: ECM Formats: CD, LP, digital download | — | — | — | 123 | — | — | — | — | — | |
| American Garage | Released: 1979 Label: ECM Formats: CD, LP, digital download | — | — | — | 53 | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Offramp | Released: 1982 Label: ECM Formats: CD, LP, digital download | — | — | — | 50 | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Travels (live) | Released: 1983 Label: ECM Formats: CD, LP, digital download | — | — | — | 62 | — | — | — | — | — | |
| First Circle | Released: 1984 Label: ECM Formats: CD, LP, digital download | — | — | — | 102 | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Still Life (Talking) | Released: 1987 Label: Geffen Records Formats: CD, LP, digital download | — | — | — | 86 | — | — | — | — | — | US: Gold |
| Letter from Home | Released: 1989 Label: Geffen Records Formats: CD, LP, digital download | — | — | — | 66 | — | — | — | — | — | US: Gold |
| The Road to You (live) | Released 1993 Label: Geffen Records Formats: CD, LP, digital download | — | — | — | 170 | — | — | — | — | — | |
| We Live Here | Released: 1995 Label: Geffen Records Formats: CD, digital download | 102 | — | 45 | 83 | — | 23 | — | — | — | |
| Quartet | Released: 1996 Label: Geffen Records Formats: CD, digital download | 121 | — | 70 | 187 | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Imaginary Day | Released: October 7, 1997 Label: Warner Bros. Records Formats: CD, DVD-A, digital download | 104 | — | 51 | 124 | 59 | — | — | — | — | POL: Gold |
| Speaking of Now | Released: February 12, 2002 Label: Warner Bros. Records Formats: CD, digital download | 134 | 72 | 45 | 101 | 24 | 51 | 9 | 2 | — | POL: Platinum |
| The Way Up | Released: January 25, 2005 Label: Nonesuch Records Formats: CD, digital download | 117 | 61 | 34 | 99 | 29 | 40 | 11 | 1 | 68 | POL: Gold |
| "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory. ||||||||||||

## Pat Metheny Unity Band

| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions |
| Title | Album details | UK | US | US Jazz | FRA | GER | NLD | AUT | NOR | POL |
| Unity Band with Chris Potter, Ben Williams, and Antonio Sánchez | Released: June 12, 2012 Label: Nonesuch Formats: CD, digital download | 189 | 146 | 2 | 171 | 65 | 69 | 75 | 36 | 22 |

## Pat Metheny Unity Group

| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions |
| Title | Album details | UK | US | US Jazz | JPN | FRA | NLD | ITA | GER | POL |
| KIN (←→) | Released: February 3, 2014 Label: Nonesuch Formats: CD, digital download | 123 | 50 | 1 | 23 | 161 | 65 | 14 | 64 | 21 |

## Pat Metheny Trio

| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions |
| Title | Album details | US Top Jazz |
| Trio 99 → 00 | Released: February 8, 2000 Label: Warner Bros Formats: CD, digital download | 2 |
| Trio → Live | Released: November 21, 2000 Label: Warner Bros Formats: CD, digital download | 3 |

## Collaborations
### With Brad Mehldau

| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions |
| Title | Album details | US Jazz | JPN | FRA | NLD | ITA | GER | POL |
| Metheny Mehldau | Released: September 12, 2006 Label: Nonesuch Formats: CD, digital download | 3 | 44 | 60 | 96 | 10 | 98 | 11 |
| Metheny Mehldau Quartet | Released: March 13, 2007 Label: Nonesuch Formats: CD, digital download | 2 | 75 | 124 | — | — | — | — |
| "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory. |||||||||

### Duets

| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Certifications |
| Title | Album details | US | US Jazz | SWE | POL | Certifications |
| As Falls Wichita, So Falls Wichita Falls with Lyle Mays | Released: May 1981 Label: ECM Formats: CD, digital download | 50 | 1 | — | — | |
| Song X with Ornette Coleman | Released: June 1986 Label: Geffen Formats: CD, digital download | — | 9 | — | — | |
| I Can See Your House from Here with John Scofield | Released: April 5, 1994 Label: Blue Note Formats: CD, digital download | 181 | 1 | — | — | |
| Beyond the Missouri Sky (Short Stories) with Charlie Haden | Released: February 25, 1997 Label: Verve Formats: CD, digital download | — | 1 | 42 | — | POL: Gold |
| Jim Hall & Pat Metheny with Jim Hall | Released: April 27, 1999 Label: Telarc Formats: CD, digital download | — | 2 | — | — | |
| Upojenie with Anna Maria Jopek | Released: December 1, 2002 Label: Warner Poland Music Formats: CD, digital download | — | — | — | 1 | POL: Platinum |
| "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory. |||||||

### Trios

| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions |
| Title | Album details | US | US Jazz | US Cont Jazz | JPN | UK | FRA | ITA | GER | POL |
| Rejoicing with Charlie Haden and Billy Higgins | Released: 1984 Label: ECM Formats: CD, digital download | 116 | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Question and Answer with Dave Holland and Roy Haynes | Released: 1990 Label: Geffen Formats: CD, digital download | 154 | 3 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Day Trip with Antonio Sánchez and Christian McBride | Released: January 29, 2008 Label: Nonesuch Formats: CD, digital download | — | — | 1 | 45 | 197 | 73 | 18 | 68 | 16 |
| Tokyo Day Trip with Antonio Sánchez and Christian McBride | Released: May 20, 2008 Label: Nonesuch Formats: CD, digital download | — | — | 6 | 135 | — | — | — | — | — |
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### Quartets

| Title | Album details |
| Jaco with Jaco Pastorius, Paul Bley, and Bruce Ditmas | Released: 1974 Label: Improvising Artists Formats: CD |
| The Sign of 4 with Derek Bailey, Gregg Bendian, and Paul Wertico | Released: 1997 Label: Knitting Factory Works Formats: CD |

### With The Heath Brothers

| Title | Album details |
| All The Things You Are with The Heath Brothers, Gary Burton, Ahmad Jamal, and Trio Hum | Released: 1999 Label: Fruit Tree Formats: CD |
| Move to the Groove with The Heath Brothers, Ralph Towner, and Charlie Haden | Released: 2000 Label: West Wind Formats: CD |
| A Sassy Samba with The Heath Brothers | Released: 2000 Label: Past Perfect/Silver Line Formats: CD |
| Parallel Universe with The Heath Brothers | Released: 2001 Label: TKO Magnum Music Formats: CD |
| Luminescence: Kool Jazz At Midem with The Heath Brothers, Dave Brubeck, Bill Smith, and B.B. King Orchestra | Released: 2001 Label: TKO Magnum Meteor, U.K. Formats: CD |

### Gary Burton projects

| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions |
| Title | Album details | US Jazz | US Top Jazz | JPN |
| Ring (Gary Burton Quintet with Eberhard Weber) | Released: 1974 Label: ECM Formats: CD, digital download | — | — | — |
| Dreams So Real - Music of Carla Bley (Gary Burton Quintet) | Released: 1976 Label: ECM Formats: CD, digital download | 25 | — | — |
| Passengers (Gary Burton Quartet with Eberhard Weber) | Released: 1977 Label: ECM Formats: CD, digital download | 25 | — | — |
| Reunion with Pat Metheny, Mitchel Forman, Will Lee, and Peter Erskine | Released: 1990 Label: GRP Formats: CD, digital download | 1 | — | — |
| Like Minds with Chick Corea, Pat Metheny, Dave Holland, and Roy Haynes | Released: November 3, 1998 Label: Concord Jazz Formats: CD, digital download | — | 5 | — |
| Quartet Live with Pat Metheny, Steve Swallow, and Antonio Sánchez | Released: May 26, 2009 Label: Concord Jazz Formats: CD, digital download | — | 4 | 100 |
| "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory. |||||

## Appearances

| Title | Year | Notes |
| Shadows and Light | 1980 | Joni Mitchell album with Lyle Mays, Jaco Pastorius, Michael Brecker, and Don Alias |
| The Song Is You | 1981 | Chick Corea album with Anthony Braxton, Lee Konitz, Miroslav Vitous, and Jack DeJohnette |
| Day In - Night Out | 1986 | Mike Metheny album with Dick Odgren, Rufus Reid, and Tommy Ruskin |
| Michael Brecker | 1987 | Michael Brecker album with Kenny Kirkland, Charlie Haden, and Jack DeJohnette |
| Electric Counterpoint | 1989 | Steve Reich album with Kronos Quartet |
| Parallel Realities | 1990 | Jack DeJohnette album with Herbie Hancock |
| Till We Have Faces | 1992 | Gary Thomas album with Tim Murphy, Anthony Cox, Ed Howard, Steve Moss, and Terri Lyne Carrington |
| Wish | 1993 | Joshua Redman album with Charlie Haden and Billy Higgins |
| Parallel Realities Live... | 1993 | Jack DeJohnette album with Herbie Hancock and Dave Holland |
| Fictionary | 1993 | Lyle Mays album with Marc Johnson and Jack DeJohnette |
| Noa | 1994 | Achinoam Nini album with Gil Goldstein, Lyle Mays, Rob Eaton, Gil Dor, Steve Rodby, Steve Ferrone, Luis Conte, Dave Samuels, Bill Evans, and Danny Gottlieb |
| Dream Teams | 1994 | Sonny Rollins album with Alphonso Johnson and Jack Dejohnette Disc: 2 Charlie Haden album with Billy Higgins |
| Te Vou! | 1994 | Roy Haynes album with David Kikoski, Christian McBride, and Donald Harrison |
| Blues for Pat: Live In San Francisco | 1995 | The Joshua Redman Quartet album with Christian McBride and Billy Higgins |
| Pursuance | 1996 | Kenny Garrett album with Rodney Whitaker and Brian Blade |
| Tales from the Hudson | 1996 | Michael Brecker album with Joey Calderazzo, McCoy Tyner, Dave Holland, Don Alias, and Jack DeJohnette |
| Wilderness | 1996 | Tony Williams album with Michael Brecker, Stanley Clarke, and Herbie Hancock |
| The Sound of Summer Running | 1998 | Marc Johnson album with Bill Frisell and Joey Baron |
| The Elements: Water | 1998 | Dave Liebman album with Cecil McBee and Billy Hart |
| Time Is of the Essence | 1999 | Michael Brecker album with Larry Goldings, Bill Stewart, Elvin Jones, and Jeff "Tain" Watts |
| Nearness of You: The Ballad Book | 2001 | Michael Brecker album with Herbie Hancock, Charlie Haden, James Taylor, and Jack DeJohnette |
| Portrait of Jaco: The Early Years, 1968-1978 | 2003 | Interview and live performance with Jaco Pastorius (b) and Bob Moses (dr) |
| The Montreal Tapes (With Pat Metheny & Jack DeJohnette) | 2007 | Charlie Haden album with Jack DeJohnette |
| Pilgrimage | 2007 | Michael Brecker album with Brad Mehldau, Herbie Hancock, John Patitucci, and Jack DeJohnette |
| Shift | 2016 | Logan Richardson album with Jason Moran, Harish Raghavan, and Nasheet Waits |
| Cuong Vu Trio Meets Pat Metheny | 2016 | Cuong Vu album with Stomu Takeishi and Ted Poor |

### Other

| As sideman | Year | Album |
| "Prato Feito" ("Today's Special"), "Manuel o Audaz" ("Manuel The Brave") | 1980 | Toninho Horta - Toninho Horta |
| "Mutação" ("Mutation") | 1981 | Celia Vaz - Mutação |
| "That Summer Something" | 1981 | Ross-Levine Band - That Summer something |
| n/a (guest soloist) | 1983 | Jerry Goldsmith - Under Fire - Original Motion Picture Soundtrack |
| "Vidro e Corte" ("Glass and Cut") | 1985 | Milton Nascimento - Encontros e Despedidas |
| "Verano en Nueva Inglaterra", "23" | 1985 | Pedro Aznar - Contemplación |
| "Overtue Go Down Moses", "Song of Moses" | 1986 | Bob Moses - The Story of Moses |
| "Terra Azul" ("Blue Earth") | 1988 | Ricardo Silveira - Long Distance |
| "Summertime" | 1988 | Mark Ledford - Miles 2 Go |
| "Moonstone" | 1989 | Toninho Horta - Moonstone |
| "Depois da Paixão" ("After the Passion") | 1989 | Túlio Mourão - Teia de Renda |
| "O Fundo" ("The Background") | 1989 | Leila Pinheiro - Olho Nu |
| "It's for You", "How Beautiful", "Watching You" | 1989 | Akiko Yano - Welcome Back |
| "Tell Me Where You're Going" | 1990 | Silje Nergaard - Tell Me Where You're Goin |
| "Liko Liko (Good Girl)", "Ai Wa Tacusan (Lots of Love)", "Love Life" | 1991 | Akiko Yano - Love Life |
| "Let Joy and Innocence Prevail" | 1992 | Toys: Music from the Original Motion Picture Soundtrack |
| "Third Stone from the Sun" | 1993 | Stone Free: A Tribute to Jimi Hendrix |
| "Harbor Lights", "Talk Of The Town", "China Doll" and "The Tide Will Rise" | 1993 | Bruce Hornsby - Harbor Lights |
| "Don't Look Back" | 1993 | Paul Wertico - The Yin and the Yout |
| "Vera Cruz", "Novena", "Amor Amigo" ("Friend Love") | 1994 | Milton Nascimento - Angelus |
| "Manini", "Crazy Saints" | 1994 | Trilok Gurtu - Crazy Saints |
| "The Eternal Triangle", "How Insensitive" | 1994 | The Carnegie Hall Salutes the Jazz Masters |
| "White Wheeled Limousine", "Walk In The Sun", "The Changes", "Country Doctor" and "The Longest Night" | 1995 | Bruce Hornsby - Hot House |
| "Throw It Away", "Avec Le Temps", "Should've Been", "Being Me", | 1995 | Abbey Lincoln - A Turtle's Dream |
| "I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry", "Brooklyn Bridge" | 1997 | Akiko Yano - Oui Oui |
| "Django" | 1998 | Jim Hall - By Arrangement |
| "Sky and Sea (Blue in Green)" | 1999 | Cassandra Wilson - Traveling Miles |
| "Sounds Like Winter", "Simply Said" | 1999 | Kenny Garrett - Simply Said |
| "Something to Remind You" | 1999 | Philip Bailey - Dreams |
| "Reverence (The Story of a Miracle)" | 2001 | Richard Bona - Reverence |
| "Noche de Ronda (Night of Wandering)" | 2001 | Charlie Haden - Nocturne |
| "Ta Ta for Now" | 2001 | Mike Metheny - Close Enough for Love |
| "Cantaloupe Island" | 2002 | Milton Nascimento - Pieta |
| "Generalife", "Donde Habite El Olvido" | 2005 | Morente - Sueña La Alhambra |
| "Never Was Love" | 2005 | Russ Long, Gerald Spaits, Ray Demarchi - Time to Go |
| "Shirk", "Article 3" | 2005 | Meshell Ndegeocello - The World Has Made Me the Man of My Dreams |
| "Arena (Sand)", "Solar" | 2007 | Antonio Sanchez - Migration |
| "Is This America? (Katrina 2005)" | 2008 | Charlie Haden Family & Friends - Rambling Boy |
| "Ballad for E" | 2011 | Magnus Öström - Thread of Life |
| "Ψεύτικα" | 2011 | Χάρης Βαρθακούρης - Άρχοντας Του Κόσμου |
| "Find Me in Your Dreams (en tus sueños)" | 2012 | Estrella Morente - Autorretrato |
| "Nicaragua" | 2012 | Django Unchained - The Original Motion Picture Soundtrack |
| "No Lo Sé" | 2013 | Concha Buika - La Noche Más Larga |
| "Gratitude" | 2013 | Will Lee - Love, Gratitude and Other Distractions |
| "Ankara", "Of All People" | 2013 | Michiel Borstlap - North Sea Jazz Legendary Concerts |
| "Eternity and Beauty (For Pat)" | 2014 | Achinoam Nini (Noa) - Love Medicine |
| "Saludos/Come Thou Almighty King" | 2014 | Jimmy Greene - Beautiful Life |
| "Eh Hee 2.0" | 2022 | Antonio Sanchez - SHIFT (Bad Hombre Vol. II) |
| "Lujon (Slow Hot Wind)" | 2024 | Henry Mancini - 100th Sessions Henry Has Company |